Primary cryoplasty therapy provides durable support for limb salvage in critical limb ischemia patients with infrapopliteal lesions: 12-month follow-up results from the BTK Chill Trial.

TS, Das; T, McNamara; B, Gray; GJ, Sedillo; BR, Turley; K, Kollmeyer; M, Rogoff; JE, Aruny

doi:10.1583/08-2652.1

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Primary cryoplasty therapy provides durable support for limb salvage in critical limb ischemia patients with infrapopliteal lesions: 12-month follow-up results from the BTK Chill Trial.

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Das TS

McNamara T

Gray B

Abstract

Purpose To report the 12-month follow-up data from the prospective 16-center Below-the-Knee (BTK) Chill Trial, which examined the use of primary cryoplasty for BTK occlusive disease in patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI).Methods The trial included 108 patients (77 men; mean age 73 +/- 11 year...

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